Empress Maria Alexandrovna. In 1908 Princess Alice visited Russia and met with her aunt Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna. Alice was impressed with the plans of the Duchess to found a religious ...

Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia (Russian: Ксения Александровна Романова; 6 April [O.S. 25 March] 1875 – 20 April 1960) was the elder daughter and fourth child of Tsar Alexander III of ...

Rebecca Bettarini married George, the only son of Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna and Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia, and a third great-grandson of Emperor Alexander II of Russia, at St Isaac’s ...

Another essential ingredient is also of British origin – the Marie biscuit that was created to commemorate the marriage of Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia to the Duke of Edinburgh in ...

Her name was Eugenia Drabrek Smetisko, commonly known as Eugenia Smith, but if you had asked her, she would have preferred to be identified as Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia.

Residence of: President of Russia Interesting Facts ... renamed in 1870 for the wife of Russian Emperor Alexander II, Maria Alexandrovna. Residence of: President of Ukraine Interesting Facts ...

Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (later Duchess of Edinburgh and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Russian: Мария Александровна; 17 October [O.S. 5 October] 1853 – 24 October 1920) was the ...

Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna was the first Romanov to marry into the British royal family. ... Maria Alexandrovna was born in October of 1853 to Alexander II of Russia and his wife, ...

It is accompanied by a handwritten note in English: “From Olga of Russia Xmas 1907,” which refers to Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, who gave this as a Christmas gift to her aunt ...